Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-05-27

important News Gathered at the State
Capital.
Legislature in Brief.

fish and regulate fishing. IL prohibits the
taking Of speckied trout or land lock sal
mon from September lst To May LIST gray
ling and California trout rom November
LIST to June list, and prohibits buying ana
selling such fish dur ng the closed season.
The use of explosives or stupefying pow
ders 10 take fish L. made unlawful. spear
ing fish IL forbidden in March, April May
and June in any waters except tho-e OF
the great lakes. and no fishing with selnes,
pound nets, gill nets or any species OF con-
tlnuouS nets, except IN the great lakes the
ST. Clair, 81. Mary and Detroit rivers
Spackled and brook trout and grdylng
can lawfully be taken by hook and line.
The destruction of minnows or small fry
fish, for any purpose except bait, Is un,
lawful. Other provisions make the INLAND
streams free for the passage of fish by pro-
hibiting nets weirs, etc, in the channels
or near dams Muskallonge, black, straw
berry, green and white bass are protected
everywhere from the list of March TO the
18th of June.
A re solution has been introduced fixing
June a, the date of adjournment. and
was laid over under the rules. Clerk
Crossman saws il will be impossible to get
through by that date. In his opinion the
session will last until June at least, and
probably until June l..
The tate homeopathic society has sent
TO the senate n categorical protest against
the passage of a bill OF Mr. Bardwell II
I eue,ee TO regulate the practice or medl
cine. This bill has already pas Led the
house and is now pending In the senate.
IL Is OF an arbitrary ma lure and bears I'M
u,tly upon the homeopathic and other
schools OF medicine. At the time of its
passage some members lnveighed against
ii a. class legislation. but the objection
did not seem TO influence the house.
The bill Of Mr.. Bettnger to supply at
Ill 10
in the pub ic schools of Detroit with school
looks wa defeated in the house the other
morning. his rather angered the author
Of the bill and he proceeded 10 do some
lobbying, in viii unde taking he succeed
ed o well that when the bin was again
brought up in the afternoon OF the same
day IL pas ed bv strong vote. The bill
is 10 take elect January /, ISIS.
The next move showed reurehensible
want o consistency in the members most
of them the identical mentors who
voted TO saddle a book tax ~ on the PEG
pie OF Detroit The bill Of Mr. Manly 10
provide scho OF books free for al the public
schools OF the state was reJectei-yeas -;
nay, -.
Deputy railroad Commissioner Ransom
certified to the auditor-general the
amount assessed as taxes against Mich
gan railroads. On account OF the extern
ue,> there Is an increase over last year.
fhe figure are as follows: railroad taxes
for l-~5. 500 5l9.j0; for lSSG SOl4,3 > 40,
increase, Sl4 So 20.
The house committee on the II luor traf.
fc has reported favorably the till of Mr.
Burr OF Is bella, for local option 10y
cou ties on the LIQUOR que on. The bill
Is incarceration OF the GeOr. Ia
and ONO acts on the same subject. I
M yiIt- a "a starial a a N -
county, to Ice held in November Of THIS
year The decision re ched at that &c
ton / u stani for three years at lea or
longer, un e-s one tenth Of the e,ector, Of
any part en- ar county hall petition the
boa d of supervisors TOR new G tion
prohibiting the sac OF liquor in which
ca e an election shall he ordered.
If the senate will only concur in the &C
ton taken 10y the house, We Will have
cheaper railroad fares in Michigan, the
house having passed "a bill estab ishln-
passenger rate, on railroad at two cents
IA mile. During the debate an effort wa,
made to load the blil tn an anti-pass
ann ndment but the attempt was all
ure. he fate of the bill in the senate Is
Uncertain.
MIR Willis of ST. Joseph, Of the senate
railroad committee, says tuat all of that
committee except PEI haps one, are Oppos
ell 10 a two cent rate or a uniform two
and a-hali cent rate, but are in favor of
a rate graduated according to the mileage
earning of the different roads II tie sen
ate shoud adopt this view, il would mean
the end of al legislation looking 10 lower
fares. The railroad men appreciate this.
The anti o'eom rgarine bill pas ed the
senate finally by "a unanimous vote. IL
makes II IA mlsdemeanOr 10 sell butteTine,
oleomargarine or similar compounds, rs
butter. and sub 'ects the offender TO fine
Of from 500 10 500 or imprisonment from
six months q three years IN the state
house of correction. ANY proprietor Of
hotel, restaurant. boarding house or saloon
VINO offers oieomargarine as butter to
guests is sub ect To the foregoing penalties
un ess he display in "A conspicuous place
a large white placard reading:
s''s 't+'' &c &c '''s
OLEOMARGARINE OR BUTTERINE
. SOLD AND Used HERE.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
The senate has passed a bill making the
circuit court stenographer public Official
somewhat similar TO the county clerk
AL tenOgrapher's notes are hereafter TO
be public records 10 te furnished to appli-
cants at eight cents per tolio. The COVER
nor apo nts the stenographerS on the rec
ommendation Of the circuit Judges and the
salaries Of the office may be from 900 TO
Sl.50l, but the boards Of supervisors of
Wayne county board of auditors may
authorize a salary of 5000.
The Joint committee on banks have made
an exhaustive report, favoring the crea-
ton OF IA state department OF banking,
with commissioner TO he appointed 10y
the governor, together with a force of ex
pert examiners. The report states tn {
the present savings bank system is not safe
for the mass of poor depositors a ii does
not provide for IA full publication of the
banks cond lions. Senator Monroe bill
revising the banking laws and creating the
state department l. recommended for
passage.
The assessors Of Lansing put down SIS
600 personal property against Gov. Luce.
who is temporarily "A resident at the CAPT
tai, living in a furnished house. The gov
ernor showed the board of review that he
owned nothing there except n horse and
buggy and that this property was assessed
against him at his home in Coldwater.
The governor has appointed III. ID. Platt
of NpsIlanti tate oil inspector, to sue
coed :. W. Ladue whose term of office ex-
plres next month.
a petition has been circulated among
the members Of the house asking eenators